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Conventional Japanese Integrated Staging (JIS, c-JIS) Staging System of Judo et al for a Patient with Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Description

Kudo et al reported the Japanese Integrated Staging (JIS) score for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. This can help to distinguish patients with a different prognosis.The authors are from Kinki University and the Osaka Red Cross Hospital in Japan.


Patient selection: hepatocellular carcinoma

 

Parameters:

(1) Child-Pugh stage (A, B or C)

(2) TNM stage by the LCSGJ (Liver Cancer Study Group of Japan)

 

Parameter

Finding

Points

Child-Pugh score

A

0

 

B

1

 

C

2

TNM stage

I

0

 

II

1

 

III

2

 

IV

3

 

total score =

= SUM(points for the 2 parameters)

 

Interpretation:

• minimum score: 0

• maximum score: 5

• The higher the score the worse the survival.

 

c-JIS

Mean Survival (Kitai 2008)

0

88 months

1

64 months

2

54 months

3

20 months

4

12 months

5

6 months

 


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